Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Suriname

Suriname: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 52.11 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
52.11 0-100
Change on year
up 16.0%
World rank
108th
of 206 countries
All-time high
55.27 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
38.21 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Suriname, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 38.2 0-1001998: 46.3 0-1002000: 53.1 0-1002002: 53.2 0-1002003: 53.1 0-1002004: 51.3 0-1002005: 51.3 0-1002006: 47.7 0-1002007: 47.5 0-1002008: 55.3 0-1002009: 53.7 0-1002010: 54.1 0-1002011: 53.4 0-1002012: 55.2 0-1002013: 55 0-1002014: 54.1 0-1002015: 54.1 0-1002016: 55 0-1002017: 53.4 0-1002018: 53.4 0-1002019: 53.1 0-1002020: 52.4 0-1002021: 49.5 0-1002022: 48.3 0-1002023: 47.8 0-1002024: 44.9 0-1002025: 52.1 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Suriname recorded 52.11 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.

The figure is up 16.0% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Suriname peaked at 55.27 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 38.21 0-100, in 1996.

That places Suriname 108th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Suriname, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Suriname, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 38.21 0-100 —
1998 46.3 0-100 +21.2%
2000 53.08 0-100 +14.6%
2002 53.17 0-100 +0.2%
2003 53.12 0-100 -0.1%
2004 51.34 0-100 -3.3%
2005 51.28 0-100 -0.1%
2006 47.74 0-100 -6.9%
2007 47.54 0-100 -0.4%
2008 55.27 0-100 +16.2%
2009 53.66 0-100 -2.9%
2010 54.07 0-100 +0.8%
2011 53.39 0-100 -1.3%
2012 55.21 0-100 +3.4%
2013 55.03 0-100 -0.3%
2014 54.06 0-100 -1.8%
2015 54.06 0-100 -0.0%
2016 54.97 0-100 +1.7%
2017 53.39 0-100 -2.9%
2018 53.4 0-100 +0.0%
2019 53.07 0-100 -0.6%
2020 52.42 0-100 -1.2%
2021 49.5 0-100 -5.6%
2022 48.29 0-100 -2.4%
2023 47.81 0-100 -1.0%
2024 44.91 0-100 -6.1%
2025 52.11 0-100 +16.0%

Suriname compared with similar countries

  • Suriname's 52.11 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Suriname's 52.11 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 98% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.26 0-100 38.21 0-100 46.3 0-100 2
2000s 51.8 0-100 47.54 0-100 55.27 0-100 9
2010s 54.07 0-100 53.07 0-100 55.21 0-100 10
2020s 49.17 0-100 44.91 0-100 52.42 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 105 Serbia 53.02 0-100 compare
  2. 106 Turkey 52.94 0-100 compare
  3. 107 Grenada 52.45 0-100 compare
  4. 109 South Africa 51.87 0-100 compare
  5. 110 Ecuador 51.71 0-100 compare
  6. 111 Brazil 51.61 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Suriname?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Suriname was 52.11 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 55.27 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 38.21 0-100 in 1996.
How does Suriname rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Suriname ranks 108th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Suriname data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
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Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).